One of the typical kinds of cases handled by personal injury lawyers are what are called premises liability cases, where someone typically falls and is injured due to an alleged dangerous condition on the premises. As reported Monday in the Daily Record, last week a Montgomery County jury heard a rather unusual variation on this type of case, an injury …
Guardians of Property of a Minor
When a minor (under the age of 18) or disabled person comes into property, a guardian of that property is appointed. It is typically a family member, and it is important that such a guardian be familiar with the rules regarding what can be done with the estate (the property over which the guardian has control). Those rules are not …
Assuming the Risk of the Icy Parking Lot
Now that winter is (with any luck) finally coming to an end, hopefully so will the difficulties of navigating snowy or icy parking lots. In our litigious society, a common type of civil lawsuit is the “slip and fall” case, where someone falls and attempts to collect damages from the parking lot owner or the plow company. Maryland’s highest court …
Ignorance of Motor Vehicle Law No Excuse
One of the common sayings we lawyers hear about the law is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Like most such sayings the truth is usually more complicated than that, but sometimes such sayings are right on the money. This was illustrated recently by the opinion of Maryland’s Court of Appeals in State of Maryland Central Collection Unit …